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March/April 1999 Volume 47 Number 4

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Official Magazine of the National FFA Organization

David Doerfert publisher

Guy Gangi creative director
Amy Amato associate art director
Donna Cox custom publishing manager
Margaret O'Malley production editor

Lisa Ahrens president

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Abby Dougherty secretary

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Andy Armbruster central region vice president
416 South Seventh Street
Kiowa, KS 67070
Emily Buxton eastern region vice president
410 Fourth Street Nellie
Warsaw, OH 43844
Jose Santiago southern region vice president
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James Garner western region vice president
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Larry Case chair, USDE, Virginia
Belinda Chason state supervisor, Florida

Ernie Gill state supervisor, Colorado
Karen Hutchison state supervisor, Delaware
Barbara Kirby teacher educator/USDE,
North Carolina
Ronald Reische state supervisor, Illinois
Nick Siddle agriculture teacherAlSDE,
Wyoming
Eddy Watkins agriculture teacher/uSDE, Florida
John Wilkinson executive secretary/usDE, Georgia

Larry Case national advisor, chief
executive officer
Coleman Harris executive secretary

Bemie Staller chief operating officer
Marion Fletcher national treasurer

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8 Movie review: "A Bug's Life"

After hearing about FFA member Randy Meissen — a
bug expert from Missouri who won a 1998 National
Agri-Entrepreneurship Award for his entomology
SAE project — we asked him to critique Hollywood's
latest effort to make stars out of ants.

features

10 Hat trick

Joel Bernhard is an aspiring chef. He's also a musician
and an avid hunter. Even though he hasn't been able
to see with his eyes since he was five years old, Joel
says his only real obstacles are the limitations other
people place on him.

14 The FFA highway: Texas to Carolina

Join us for a drive on Interstate 20. We'll visit with two
rodeo clowns, play on an Arnold Palmer golf course,
drive around a 40,000-aere Italian-owned farm, talk to
an FFA chapter that doubles as a volunteer fire
department, and experience "Meat Goat Mania."

20 Spring break solution

Volunteerism is an essential part of being an FFA
member. By volunteering your time and effort, you
will improve the quality of life in your community,
build your chapter's program of activities and
improve your chances of getting into college.

departments

2 national officer q&a

4 Ha in action

6 ffa stars

19 what's hot/what's not

24 last laff

On the cover: Missouri FFA member Randy Meissen. Illustration by Mark Fredrickson.

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one on one with

Andy Armbruster

When you joined FFA, did
you think you would ever
be a national officer?
I wanted to be a national
officer, but I didn't know
if I ever would be. It was
actually one of the rea-
sons I joined FFA, but I
got so involved in other
FFA activities that I even-
tually put that goal on the
back burner — until I ran
for national office for the
first time two years ago.

Why did you decide to
run for national office?
To me, a national FFA
officer provides servant
leadership, and that is one
of the main reasons I
wanted to do it. I don't
think national officers
should be up on a
pedestal — I think we
should be eye to eye with
FFA members. This is also
an opportunity to help
people grow, and that is
satisfying for me.

Describe agriculture
in your home state
of Kansas.

Kansas agriculture is
largely dependent upon
wheat and livestock.
However, southwest
Kansas agriculture is
totally different from
northeast Kansas agricul-
ture. The southwest part
of the state is primarily
wheat and stockyards.
In the northeast, there
is a lot of corn, milo
and soybeans.

If you could meet any
living person, who
would it be?
I'd like to meet former
U.S. President George
Bush. I was up late one
night after the national
FFA convention watching
a documentary on him,
and I was very
impressed. He talked
about his values, and
they really reflected my
values. He has a for-
ward-looking vision,
yet he relies a lot on
tradition and values.

What do you do for
fun outside of FFA?
I love to watch college
football, where the play-
ers play for the names on
the front of the jersey
and not the names on the
back of their jerseys. I
also enjoy hanging out
with my friends in the
FarmHouse fraternity.

Do you have any talents
we don't know about?
I like to sing. I was in
the national FFA chorus
my sophomore and
junior years.

What type of name is
Armbruster?
It's German. In fact, I
learned about it when I
went to Germany as a
state FFA officer. It
means "crossbow"
in German. "k

VITALS

Hometown: Kiowa, Kansas

Age: 21

Chapter: South Barber FFA

Fred Gillig
SAE: Diversified livestock
Education: Junior at
Kansas State University
Major: Agricultural
economics

My favorite bands: Van
Halen and Jars of Clay
Last good movie seen:
Austin Powers
Car: '94 Pontiac
Grand Prix

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Last good book: "Improv-
ing Your Serve" by Charles
Swindoll

TIMELINE

• joined FFA

• won state creed
j competition

• sang in national
FFA chorus

• elected class president

• named all-league
in football

• elected state
FFA president

• started classes at
Kansas State University

I • ran for national
FFA officer and
was not elected

• elected national
FFA central region
vice president

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ample access to computers, decided
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of a government grant, they bought
computers for three senior homes and
started teaching the residents the ins
and outs of word processing, Internet
and e-mail. Each senior received seven
90-minute training sessions and received
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members, the fundraising event brought in $1,100 with 65 entries
(including a Camaro measuring ten feet high) and over 500 spec-
tators. Members labored for weeks to get the 28,000 cubic feet
of mud (also known as the "pit") ready for the mudslinging.
Chapter president Jerry Stone called the event a huge success.

When it comes to turkeys, the Mapleton FFA Chapter owns The
Ashland County Fair. Ryan Barr received grand champion market
turkey; Seth Ayers received reserved grand champion market
turkey and grand champion breeding turkey; and Rob McLaran
had the third place breeding turkey. In turkey showmanship,
Justin Archer took second, Dusty Predmore took third and
Courtney Ayers took fifth. Mapleton FFA members also did
well in hogs, cows, goats and chickens. Mandy Iceman topped
it all off by being named Junior Fair Queen.

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to do something. So, with the help
of a government grant, they bought
computers for three senior homes and
started teaching the residents the ins
and outs of word processing, Internet
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Tifton may never be the same after the recent "Mud-Bogging"
competition. Organized and staffed by the college's FFA chapter
members, the fundraising event brought in $1,100 with 65 entries
including a Camaro measuring ten feet high) and over 500 spec-
tators. Members labored for weeks to get the 28,000 cubic feet
of mud (also known as the "pit") ready for the mudslinging.
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Jenni Morin

When the Caribou FFA Chapter nearly canceled
its Food for America day due to organizationa
problems, Jenni, 17, revived it and made it one
of the chapter's most successful events ever. As
chapter reporter, Jenni redesigned the chapter
newsletter, The Caribou FFA News. Her agriscience
project, an experiment on the effects of electro-
magnetic fields on plant growth, won second
place in a competition sponsored by the
Maine Public Service Company. Jenni is also a
member of the varsity cheerleading and track
and field teams.t?

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To prepare himself for
college, 17-year-old Derek
wants to make the most
of high school and he's
doing that through FFA.
He's the Parker FFA
Chapter reporter and has
an SAE project consisting
of ten bottle calves and 40
acres of soybeans. Derek
is also involved in land
and meat judging, creed
speaking and ag sales. He
dedicates time to sports,
choir, the National Honor
Society and the school
newspaper. In his spare
time, Derek helps his
dad on the farm.

Ashley Roomsburg

As vice president of the
Hampshire County FFA
Chapter, 17-year-old Ash-
ley leads by example. She
competed with her chap-
ter's floriculture team at
the 1998 National FFA
Convention. Prior to that,
she placed third at the
state FFA creed competi-
tion and won the gold
medal at the state floricul-
ture CDE. She is the junior
class president and a
member of the student
council and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. Her
SAE consists of green-
house management and
raising a lamb and hogA

Marc Christ

Having had international
exchange students in his
home, one of Marc's goals
is to go on an exchange
himself. While he's still
here, 15-year-old Marc is
incredibly busy. As an
accomplished showman,
he spends much time with
his dairy and beef cows.
As FFA student advisor,
vice president of the
junior Simmental associa-
tion, and vice president
of the county dairy club.
Marc is a proven leader
who puts academics first
and who volunteers in
his community.

Richard Holtz

Richard is not one to
walk away from opportu-
nity. This 17-year-old Half
Moon Bay FFA Chapter
member got involved
early and it paid off.
Richard is the North
Coast Regional Vice
President, and he has his
sights set on becoming a
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consists of running his
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Animal Health

oology whiz Randy Meissen reviews "A Bug's Life'

It is a common occur-
rence to see ants
marching in rank to
spoil a picnic, hut it is a
rarity to watch them
march across the movie
screen. Nevertheless, an
entire army of ants
serves as the cast tor
"A Bug's Life."

Disney and Pixar (the
creators of "Toy Story")
have again combined
forces to produce a daz-
zling digitally animated
feature which provides
an adorable cast of
arthropod actors (even a
black widow spider pro-
vides comic relief).

In the movie, ants are
forced to gather extra
food each year to prevent
attacks from one of the
most sinister and diaboli-
cal of all insects (at least
from a farmer's perspec-
tive)-grasshoppers. While
the main character, an
accident-prone visionary
ant named Flik, is less
than a fourth of a cen-
timeter tall, he encoun-
ters some problems
of — well — Titanic pro-
portions. Due to an
unfortunate accident,
Flik knocks the grasshop-

pers' food into a puddle
of water just before they
arrive to feast on it.

Confrontationerupts

The ants then come face-
to-face with Hopper,
their evil oppressor, who
demands that the ants
collect twice the usual
amount of food for his
renegade band before the
last autumn leaf falls
from the trees. Flik is
blamed for angering the
grasshoppers, so he
decides to leave the
anthill on what is
expected to be a suicide
mission — a search to
find help.

The ants are thrilled
when Flik returns with a
band of "warriors" to
help defeat the grasshop-
pers. When he discovers
that the warriors are
actually a group of circus
performers, he devises a
plan to build a model
bird to scare away the
grasshoppers. Unfortu-
nately, his plan is foiled
and he and the "war-
riors" are expelled from
the anthill.

Nevertheless, Flik and

the circus insects return
just in time to prevent
the grasshoppers from
squishing the ant queen.
In the end, Flik inspires
hundreds of fellow ants
to unite and overthrow
their grasshopper oppres-
sors. Flik is hailed as the
hero of the anthill and
the ants enjoy newfound
peace and prosperity.
Ultimately, the movie
shows that vision and
perseverance are neces-
sary to obtain a better
way of life.

The thing that bugs me
about the movie

I was astonished that the
ants are portrayed with
four legs instead of six.
This makes the ants look
more like pastel-colored
aliens than insects. I
guess the computer-wise
Pixar animators flunked
their taxonomy courses.
Another blunder is the
rendering of the gypsy
moth. True gypsy moths
are homely tan or dingy-
white in color. Perhaps
the animators also did
not realize these moths
are responsible for the
defoliation of millions of
acres of forest in the
eastern U.S. Instead, they
cast the gypsy moth as a
beautiful and exotic silk
moth.

Despite these techni-
calities, "A Bug's Life" is
a vivid and imaginative
production that indicates
innovative technology
and insect ecosystems can
merge to form a box
office hit.'k

By Randy Meissen I

Randy Meissen, a self-taught
entomologist, is a high school
senior and Salisbury FTA
Chapter member. After turn-
ing his hobby of collecting
insects into an SAE project,
Randy eventually started a
business called Meissen Ento-
mology, which specializes in
selling educational insect col-
lections and decorative but-
terfly paperweights. He is a
winner of the 1998 National
Agri-Entrepreneurship Award.

Here's how you can contact
him: Meissen Entomology,
742 County Road 279, Salis-
bury, MO 65281; phone:
(660) 388-6266; e-mail:
rmeissen@hotmail.com.

www.crosswinds.net/

columbia-mo- insects'
meissenentomology

The Agri-Entrpreneurship
Education Program is a joint
activity of the National Coun-
cil for Agricultural Education,
the National FTA Organization
and the U.S. Department of
Education. The program is
sponsored by and conducted
in partnership with the Kauff-
man Center for Entrepreneur-
ial Leadership at the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation,
Kansas City, Missouri, as a
special project of the National
FFA Foundation, Inc.

Illustration Mark Fredrickson

By Erich Gaukel

As a musician, hunter and aspiring chef,

Joel Bernhard doesn't let
his blindnessxdefine him

At high school
band rehearsals,
Joel Bernhard
would hold his
trumpet in one
hand while his other hand
glided across the Braille
sheet music on the stand
before him. Unable to see
the director's baton, Joel
relied on his ability to feel
the tempo of the music.
During deer hunting sea-
son, Joel can be found at
Horicon National Wildlife
Refuge, where, over the
past six seasons, he has
bagged four deer and a
turkey. It's not easy, and it
can't be done without the
help of a hunting partner,
but it's an accomplishment
of which Joel is proud.
"Whoever goes with me
sits down right behind me.
They kind of watch out for
whatever we're hunting

for — I can sometimes hear
it too — and then if some-
thing comes by, they just
kind of poke me and tell
me that it's coming. They
tell me right or left or up
or down, and then when
it's safe to shoot."
These experiences have
proved to those around
him that his blindness,
while classified as a disabil-
ity, is really just one of the
many traits — like the color
of his hair or his easygoing
personality — that make
Joel who he is.

Foodforthought

Joel is now finishing up
his culinary arts degree at
Moraine Park Technical
College in Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, 15 miles north
of his hometown of
Lomira. Joel first became
interested in food science
as a high school student
when he developed an SAE
project on food preserva-

Photography by Shane Morgan
Photo illustration by
Doug Besser

tion — by means of dehy-
dration— that won him
the state proficiency
award in food science
and technology.

"I learned that it's
something I can do that,
once somebody shows
me how to do the basics,
I can pretty well do every-
thing myself," Joel says of
working in a professional
kitchen environment.

For most people,
preparing a meal without
the use of your eyes would
seem a daunting, if not
impossible, task. Not only
do you have to measure
ingredients carefully, you
have to monitor things as
they cook or bake and you
have to know where to
find everything.

For Joel, these are not
significant problems. "I
have a talking scale for

measuring and a talking
thermometer so I can tell
when a roast, bread or
cake is done, and when a
soup is at a simmer or
boiling. Other than that,
you just go by feel. Every-
thing stays in the same
general place so you get
used to it." And consider
this: He has already been
doing things without the
use of his eyes since he
was five years old. Joel
can learn a full kitchen in
just a couple weeks.

Seeingisbelieving

As an aspiring chef, Joel's
training in culinary arts is
a stark contrast to the
assembly line mentality of
a fast food restaurant like
McDonald's, where he has
worked for three and a
half years. But that doesn't
bother him. It's steady
income, it's food-related,
and his bosses don't make
a big deal about his blind-
ness. "I prep the salads
and fajitas in the morn-
ings. During the rush
hours I deep fry the
french fries and pour

the sodas — I go wherever
they need me."

It took some time to
convince management that
he could operate the
potentially dangerous
(because of the hot oil)
deep fryer. In fact, con-
vincing people has become
something of a regular
activity for Joel. He'll tell
you that his chief problem
is not blindness: it's much
bigger than that, and it's
much more difficult to
overcome. As Joel
explains, "The challenges
are all basically the
same — it's always going to
be hard, no matter what,
for people to accept you
and your disability. You've
got to prove it to them
that you can do it — that's
the major obstacle."

Meanwhile, as Joel
continues to work part-
time and ply his craft in
the kitchen, he will go
doing the things he
likes to do: hunting,
surfing the Internet
and playing music
on his trumpet, "fc

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East Carteret
FFA Chapter
members (clock-
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Travis Baker, Charles
Edwards, Major Jarman
(far right), Terry Wade
and Amanda lessee.

what's

The Kern Valley ffa Chapter from
California narrowly tops the
Cheyenne ffa Chapter from Wyoming
and the Sierra ffa Chapter In Califor-
nia In our contest to see which
chapter sends In the most "What's
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everyone who mailed them In!

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Why now is the time to start planning
those volunteering projects

Sure, you'll have to give up some of your valuable
time. Sure, you won't get paid. But that's what
k great about volunteerism — you are investing your
time and effort for a cause that will help others
and improve the quality of life in your community.
As a bonus, you can build your FFA chapter's
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volunteering, but there are a couple of reasons
for you to start planning volunteerism projects
right now.

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mail this card, look for information on

the web at www.ffa.org, or contact

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Agri-Entrepreneurship Awards Program
and how I can win up to $1,000!

Are you interested in owning your own business?

Do you have an idea for a business?

Do you own your SAE?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, the

Agri-Entrepreneurship Program is for you! This

unique program recognizes students who have an

idea for a business and have developed a plan to

pursue their idea as well as students who have

actually started businesses as their SAEs.

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National Award-$1,000

(10 given each year)

For more information, complete and

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www.ffa.org, or contact Kevin Keith,

National FFA Organization,

P.O. Box 68960,

Indianapolis, IN 46268-0960,

e-mail: kkeith@ffa.org.

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Why now is the time to start planning
those volunteering projects

Sure, you'll have to give up some of your valuable
time. Sure, you won't get paid. But that's what
\ great about volunteerism — you are investing your
time and effort for a cause that will help others
and improve the quality of life in your community.
As a bonus, you can build your FFA chapter's
|/ program of activities and strengthen your college
/ apps and resume. Any time is the right time for
volunteering, but there are a couple of reasons
for you to start planning volunteerism projects
right now.

Are you interested in owning your own business?

Do you have an idea for a business?

Do you own your SAE?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, the

Agri-Entrepreneurship Program is for you! This

unique program recognizes students who have an

idea for a business and have developed a plan to

pursue their idea as well as students who have

actually started businesses as their SAEs.

Annthie Kramer, 1998 National Agri-Entrepreneur

win

up
to

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National Award-$1,000 "\

(10 given each year)

For more information, complete and

mail the attached reply card, look for

information on the web at

www.ffa.org, or contact Kevin Keith,

National FFA Organization,

P.O. Box 68960,

Indianapolis, IN 46268-0960,

e-mail: kkeith@ffa.org.

Shequilla Pruitt, 1997 National Agri-Entrepreneur

National Volunteer Week began in
1974 when President Nixon signed
an executive order establishing the
week as an annual celebration of vol-
unteerism. Every U.S. president since
then has supported the program. The
Presidents Service Awards are
awarded to those individuals and
groups whose programs have made a
significant impact in their communi-
ties. The Points of Light Foundation
and the Corporation for National Ser-
vice manage the event on behalf of
the White House. Read more about it
at www.pointsoflight.org

First, you can coordinate
your volunteer project
with National Volunteer
Week (April 18-24),
a national initiative
involving hundreds of
thousands of people
nationwide. If the Nation-
al Volunteer Week dates
don't match up with the
dates of your spring
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you can create your own
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The most difficult part of
volunteerism is finding a
project. The best strategy
is to focus on situations or
problems in your area.
Chances are, you already
know of some things you
can do to make a differ-
ence. For example, on
your way to school,
maybe you have noticed
that a park in town is
always covered with trash
or debris. You could clean
it up. Or maybe you read

spring

nee Day:

October 23

If you want to follow up with a pro-
ject this fall, consider getting
involved with Make a Difference
Day, which happens annually on the
fourth Saturday in October. This is
a national community service effort
that challenges participants to make
a difference in their communities
by planning service projects and
activities. Outstanding projects will
be featured in USA Weekend maga-
zine, which organizes the event
with The Points of Light Founda-
tion. You can get ideas for projects
and more information at
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in the newspaper that the
local animal shelter is
overflowing and needs
help finding homes for
dogs and cats. You could
put up posters to build
awareness, or even drop
by the shelter to take the
animals out for a walk.

If there are retirement
or nursing facilities in
your area, you could drop
by to visit with the resU
dents. Or you could col-
lect donated magazines
and books for patients at
the local hospital.

Plan of action

Your FFA involvement
gives you a leg up when it
comes to planning. Use
chapter meetings to figure
out which projects are
needed, which projects
are feasible and which
projects will work into
your chapter's program
of activities. By organizing
volunteer projects within
your chapter, your chapter
can become eligible for
the National FFA Organi-
zation's National Chapter
Award in the Community
Development area.

By getting everyone
involved and working as a
team, you will find that
volunteering is fun, chal-
lenging and rewarding.
Most importantly, though,
you are taking action that
will benefit others — and
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A: Steer Trek.

AliciaSpoelstra

Lynden, Washington

Man 1: Hey, did you just
put coins in your coffee?
Man 2: Yes, the doctor
said I needed a little
change in my diet.

DavidMays

Roseland, Virginia

Q: How do you tell FFA

members apart from their

classmates?

A: They're out standing in

their field.

LanaKidrowski

Clara City, Minnesota

Q: What do cobras study
in college?
A: Hisstory.

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FFA Chapter California

Q: What did the posts say
when the fence was built?
A: Wire you all over us?

BryanKuhler

Brunsivick, Missouri

Q: What does a car
run on?
A: Wheels.

Aprj|Maxwell

Portland, Indiana

Q: What kind of cars do
body builders drive?
A: Muscle cars.

GarvCausey

Santa Fe, Texas

Q: What do you call four
bullfighters in quicksand?
A: Quatro sinko.

AnnaBurge

Salyersville, Kentucky

Q: What kind of math do
owls like?
A: Owlgebra.

VirginiaDinwiddie

Denair, California

Q: Who is the coolest aunt
in the world?
A: Aunt Arctica.

BretMayfield

St. Paul, Oregon

Q: Which is the left side of
the pie?

A: The side that has not
been eaten.

JessicaMilner

Yukon, Oklahoma

Q: What do you get when

you cross a fish and an

elephant?

A: Swimming trunks.

Sarah Ridenhour

Belle, Missouri

Shayne: Knock knock.
Paula: Who's there?
Shayne: Olive.
Paula: Olive who?
Shayne: Olive you.

Bryan LeeRoseweli

Jefferson, Texas

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students by developing
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leadership, personal growth
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